Quote Originally Posted by Quinn The Eskimo
I was a trouble child too. I think that if you have a child they will be just like you were, and you'll understand how your parents felt. When your child grows up they will probably be like you, and you will have that much more in common with them. I don't really know though :thumbsup: a lot of my friends who were crazy in their youth became calm when they got older, including myself.
Yeah, as I've gotten older, I've gotten more like my mom, who's very calm. That quality must have served her well in dealing with me as a child and teenager.

I'm a mom now of a 21-year-old. When he was a teenager, he wasn't nearly as much of a handful as I was. He was definitely a smart-alec and a back-talker, but it was manageable. My own mom used to just lean back and laugh when he was in that phase and tell me it was "pay-back time." What goes around comes around, I guess.